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Health and deficiency: Maria McErlane

If I have to look at that photograph of Demi Moore showing supposedly “wrinkly” knees one more time, I think I might have to chain myself to the nearest railings, shouting: “Give the girl a break.” It’s not that I’m especially pro-Demi, but she is 41 years old, has had three children and looks fabulous with a capital F.

The objectification of women used to be confined to naked ladies. Now it seems creepily generic. I adore Heat magazine as much as the next loser, but I’m not sure why we need a special section showing female celebs with deliberately circled sweaty armpits, spots, dimply thighs or glimpses of stubbly Brazilian regrowth. Is it lest we forget that they are, after all, regular, flawed human beings? Being a celebrity or having been on a reality show doesn’t mean you give up your right to mind when